In addition to lemon sticks and spring blossoms, this year’s Flower Mart—May 3-4, in the squares of Baltimore’s Mount Vernon Place—will feature a “Paint Out” attended by artists from the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA). Festival goers are invited to stop and chat with artists about their work and the creative process of en plein air (or, “in open air”) painting.

The resulting paintings, along with others created during the upcoming spring and summer months, will be exhibited and made available for sale at the Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Art Show, to be held at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 1-4 p.m. Art Show tickets are $15 at baltimoreheritage.org or $20 at the door and include wine and cheese refreshments. Learn more at www.facebook.com/MVP.Plein.Air.Art.Show 

This Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Art Show is co-hosted by the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund (GJMEF), Baltimore Heritage, the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy, the Engineering Society of Baltimore, and Charles Street Development. Proceeds will go to the GJMEF to aid in their efforts to preserve the architectural and historical character of the mansion. 

Flower Mart “Paint Out”

699 Washington Place, Baltimore (Washington Monument, Mount Vernon Place)

Friday, May 3, through Saturday May 4, 2024 (during the Flower Mart)

Free and open to the public

Contact:
Sally Johnston
Telephone: (410) 340-6486
Email: [email protected]

About Plein Air Painting

With the inventions of transportable paint tubes and the box easel, artists were able to leave the studio and enter the landscape itself. The freedom of painting en plein air, or “in open air,” was embraced by French Impressionists, whose work valued the ephemeral and changing nature of light. Today, plein air painting is flourishing, and artists who gather for “Paint Outs” experience the same freedom and satisfaction as painters from the past.   

About the Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Art Show

The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund (GJMEF)—along with co-hosts the Engineering Society of Baltimore, the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy, Baltimore Heritage, and Charles Street Development—is pleased to announce the 2024 Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Art Show. The event will be held at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion (home of The Engineers Club) on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 1 to 4 pm. The event, a fundraiser for the GJMEF, will showcase the beauty of Mount Vernon Place as seen through the eyes of 30 talented artists—all members of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Association (MAPAPA)—whose work will be displayed within the magnificent 19th century Garrett-Jacobs Mansion.